Antique Machinery

In the following years, George spent much of his time improving upon patents for newly released machinery, in addition to developing and patenting his own portable boiler and steam e...

A lot of four antique engineering reference books from the early 1900s: a Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, a Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, a Machinery's Handbook, and a ...

Machinery shaft gear wheel side table in cast iron, Spain, 1930s Eye-catching industrial shaft gear wheel to be used as end or side table to add an Industrial accent to a house decor...

Set of six large bright red wooden parts in different shapes. Carved out to create negative space to be used for the casting of metal. The forms that these pieces make in the mold...

., founded in 1856, and best known for their sawmill machinery, gearing, and steam locomotives. This wooden gear mould was originally tagged "Bevel Gear No. 74-65T."

This wasn’t furniture made merely to be admired. It belonged to the machinery of a household, built to hold linens, clothes and possessions, opened and closed thousands of times, and...

A striking 19th-to-early-20th-century industrial blacksmith pedestal side table, featuring a heavy cast iron tripod machinery base paired with a round wooden top finished in a richly...

Among the variants built on the 6.5" × 6.5" base, No. 306 is the tallest configuration, featuring a long upper arm and mid-arm knuckle assembly designed for extended reach across wor...

The scale, materials, and simplified execution are consistent with salesman samples or technical teaching models intended to demonstrate industrial machinery concepts to buyers, stud...

The top features a likely iron-reinforced center, designed to withstand the tension of heavy textile machinery. Both ends display a wide circular flange with a cylindrical center cor...

Originally designed as a mounted viewing or inspection instrument, the piece features a cylindrical copper shaft terminating in a cast iron mounting eye, suggesting former attachment...

The surviving yarn bobbins are particularly attractive, with muted shades of blue, cream, black and ochre introducing subtle colour against the dark aged machinery. The large geometr...

A striking 19th-to-early-20th-century industrial blacksmith pedestal side table, featuring a heavy cast iron tripod machinery base paired with a round wooden top finished in a richly...

A beautifully observed early 20th-century pastoral oil painting, depicting a nostalgic rural scene from a time before the widespread introduction of automated grain-threshing machine...

This sought-after industrial work table strikes a perfect balance between rugged machinery and refined historic character in a versatile statement piece that will anchor any modern, ...

Produced principally during the final quarter of the 19th century, these imaginative designs celebrated the technological and engineering achievements of the Industrial Age, with mod...

Antique Wooden Mechanical Component (Possibly Watermill / Agricultural Machinery Part) Japan, Late Meiji to Early Showa Period (circa 1900–1930) A cylindrical wooden structure reinf...

Antique Wooden Mechanical Component (Possibly Watermill / Agricultural Machinery Part) Japan, Late Meiji to Early Showa Period (circa 1900–1930) A cylindrical wooden structure reinf...

It was presented in 1927 to Max Hohn, director of Universelle-Werke Dresden, a firm founded in 1898 and recognized for its specialization in cigarette-manufacturing machinery. This ...

Founded in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Albrecht, Fuchs & Thurmann manufactured agricultural equipment during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, producing feed cutters and ot...

His detailed illustrations documented the tools, machinery and working methods employed by French craftsmen and manufacturers.

These unique, often handmade wood patterns were used for sand-casting gears, sprockets, and machinery parts, featuring distinct patina, structural lines, and sometimes original, worn...

In 1929, the majority of the timekeeping machinery and tooling was sold to the Soviet government's US trading company Amtorg, just before the stock market crash.

This fascinating plate provides a detailed early 19th-century representation of the machinery used in Jamaican sugar production. The upper portion shows an elevation of the mill with...

The black tank car pictured in the artwork’s center would have hauled industrial fuel oil or chemicals necessary to run the heavy machinery, while the smoking stack in the background...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Rather than offering a conventional panoramic marine view, the artist concentrates on the physical reality of the ship itself. The machinery and apparent disorder of the deck are tra...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

The border of the door’s case is gold tone metal and its center is glass. The machinery of the clock is hallmarked WmL.Gilbert Clock Co.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Their smooth, organic surfaces and irregular shapes reflect hand-cut techniques used long before modern machinery. This necklace is a rare surviving example of early Himalayan beadw...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Mashers evolved from a gesture older than machinery: pressing, crushing, and transforming food through the force of the hand.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

By using a balance wheel escapement, railway and industrial clocks could maintain precise timekeeping even when subjected to the heavy rumbling of passing locomotives on platform wal...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Forestry Building 21. Machinery Hall, East Looking 22. Horticultural Hall, Main Aisle East.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Chimes of half past the hour, alarm and music. Machinery in proper working order. The clock case has a rectangular base and is decorated at the corners with gilt bronze appliqués fe...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Publishers issued elaborate cut-out models of monuments, buildings, machinery, and decorative objects that encouraged creativity while teaching geometry, engineering, and manual craf...

Like Sheeler—whose photographs and paintings of Ford’s River Rouge Plant redefined industry as a subject of aesthetic rigor—Bourke-White renders machinery and infrastructure as auton...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

It was a reaction against a perceived decline in standards that the reformers associated with machinery and factory production.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

The factory experienced fires during the 19th century, after which production resumed with the introduction of updated machinery. Despite these setbacks, Smiths remained the dominant...

Polishing of the band is always a final step of any resizing but machinery used for polishing causes vibration that old rings (with prongs for example ) often do not like at all.

The stool is constructed with three splayed legs and a rounded seat, each element shaped with traditional hand tools rather than industrial machinery. The joinery remains visible on ...

Often crafted in metal with refined detailing, the lamp embodies the spirit of early modernism and the fascination with machinery characteristic of the Art Deco period. Beyond its fu...

The Cut — Over 100 Years Old 💎 Both diamonds are cut in the Old Mine Brilliant style — one of the earliest forms of the brilliant cut, developed and practiced by hand before the ag...

The bold, sweeping red script of the title anchors the composition, contrasting with the more illustrative treatment of the figures and machinery. This blend of graphic typography an...

Pair of stocking stretchers circa 1920, cast iron top with polished steel metal leg form, metal tag for "Paramount Forms, Paramount Textile Machinery Co. Chicago", with several pate...